ＤＯＮＴ ＬＥＴ ＧＯ (Byakuya Kuchiki/Ichigo Kurosaki)

ＤＯＮＴ ＬＥＴ ＧＯ (Byakuya Kuchiki/Ichigo Kurosaki)- 3

Tossing him a set of his P.J.'s, Ichigo falls into bed the damp bath towel covering his head. Byakuya just stands there holding the clothes looking at Ichigo laying there in front of him without a shirt on. Byakuya watches the water from his wet hair dripping slowly down his muscular back. His eyes travel down his spine to the pajama pants snugly outlining the shape of his butt.

"Kurosaki..." Byakuya's jaw clenches, his dark blue eyes still looking at the pajamas. "...I'll return to Urahara's store."

"Nah, it is fine." Ichigo's badge flashes, sighing he lifts it to his chest and separates from his body. "Duty calls," Ichigo's body flops on the bed and his shinigami form turns to Byakuya. "The bath is all yours, and there is a futon in the closet. Make yourself at home." He vanishes in a fierce wind and Byakuya feel the stress of the day creep over him.

After a refreshing bath Byakuya walks into the living room for a drink of water and sees Kurosaki's sisters asleep on the sofa. The two girls curled up against their father sleeping soundly, look happy and without a single worry. Isshin stands up from the sofa and picks up Karin to carry her to bed. Byakuya steps over and lifts Yuzu carefully and follows Isshin into the girls' room. Tucking them in and pulling the covers over them he watches Isshin turn on a small lamp. The red shade with immortal painted on it catches Byakuya's eye.

He looks at it and then Kurosaki's father as he walks out the door. Something about his father was unusual but without his powers he couldn't sense spiritual pressure. Dismissing his curiosity he walks into Ichigo's room and sits on his bed. Picking up Ichigo's discarded towel he dries off his hair, before hanging it up in the closet.

Glancing back to the bed with Ichigo's empty body laying half-haphazardly on it, Byakuya reaches out his hand and lightly runs his index finger over a strand of his odd orange hair. His hand grazes Ichigo's shoulder blade and Byakuya yanks it back. He pulls out a blanket from the closet and tugs it over Ichigo's cool body, then turns around to climb inside the futon on the floor not noticing the shinigami badge on the desk or the intense brown eyes watching him fall asleep.